Juniper Estate

FIVE STARS
When Roger Hill and Gillian Anderson purchased the Wrights’ vineyard in 1998, the 10ha vineyard was already 25 years old, but in need of retrellising and a certain amount of nursing to bring it back to health. All of that has happened, along with the planting of additional shiraz and cabernet sauvignon. The Juniper Crossing wines use a mix of estate-grown grapes and grapes from other Margaret River vineyards, while the Juniper Estate releases are made only from the estate plantings. Since Roger’s death in ’13, Gillian has continued running Juniper Estate. JAMES HALLIDAY

I am always a little baffled as to why more people here in Vic don’t know these wines. Mark Messenger has consistently delivered wines of the highest calibre across Juniper’s impressive portfolio and doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon. Fine tuned Chardonnay and refined Cabernet are the what the regions rests its hat on and Mark is producing some of the greatest examples of both with a sure and steady hand that reflects in the consistency of top notch wines being released every year at Juniper. ROSCOE